By Aminu Garko
The Police command in Kano State has urged residents of the state to shun violence as the Federal High Court sitting in Kano presides over a case concerning the ongoing Emirate tussle in the state.
This is contained in a statement issued on Thursday by the Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa.
“As the Federal High Court sitting in Kano will be presiding over sensitive matters around the Emirates, members of the general public are called upon to remain patriotic and to shun any attempt by enemies of the peace from using them to cause violence as lives of everyone is sacred and the priority of the police to protect them including their property.”
Kiyawa warned that while the police remained committed to the prevention and detection of all forms of crime and miscreants, the command alongside all law enforcement agencies in the state were strictly enforcing the total ban placed by Kano State Government on public protests, processions and related unlawful gatherings and was further committed to preservation of law and order.
Accordingly, he said, violators including their sponsors would be promptly identified and sanctioned according to the law of the land.
“As there shall be adequate deployment of security personnel to do the enforcement and ensure no breakdown of law and order, patriotic residents are called upon to note and cooperate with the security personnel they will be coming across to be providing them with actionable information and intelligence to preserve the peace, detect, arrest, investigate and prosecute the deviants.”
The command, therefore, asked all non-state actors including vigilantes and hunters alike, “to clear from participating under the guise of providing security to any section of the community.”